All language subtitles for EPISODE 16 ÔÇô Slaves of the Eagle

You are the new tax collector
from Monterey?

Put up your pistols.
You'll get nothing from me.

You are the new tax collector?

Si. This is Jose Morales.
l am his nephew.

l'm on the king's business.
Turn your horses and let me proceed.

-Oh, it's not as easy as that.
-You heard. Turn your horses.

-Now, calm yourself, old man.
-l'm warning you...

-l said calm yourself.
-Go on!

Stubborn fool.

All right. Let me have your papers.

Come along.
Your commission from the king.

There is hardly enough meat on your
bones to make a meal for the buzzards.

Now don't make me waste a shot.

Give it to him, uncle.
They will shoot us and take it anyway.

-Come with me, nephew.
-Wait a minute.

Go to the mission beyond the pass
and wait until you hear from us.

You, young man, bring me the papers.

Your nephew will stay with us.

lf you say one thing to the priest
or anyone else about what's happened,

-you will never see your nephew again.
-Alive.

Go on, uncle. Get away while you can.
Don't worry about me.

You'd better do what we ask,
or we may find it simpler to kill you.

Both of you.

The old fool will say nothing.

-After all, l'm his favorite nephew.
-That shows he really is a fool.

All right, tax collector.
Your license to plunder the poor.

A big tax, Senor.
lt will not make you popular.

But then, perhaps tax collectors
do not expect to be very popular, eh?

l'm ready to begin. Roll the drum.

Good. En garde.

Advance. Advance again.

Again. Fine. Now,

give me the same thing,
only this time, riposte.

Excellent! En garde.

Advance. Advance again.

All right, we try point work.
Extend and lunge.

Again. You're not reaching,
you're not lunging fully.

All the way this time. Really go for me.

Ah! Excellent.

You'll soon be fencing
with the best of them.

Now we'll try the horse again.

How can you help me as Zorro
unless you ride like Zorro?

Do it like this.

Now you try it.

You made only one mistake, my friend.

You landed the wrong way round.
Now try it again.

-Buenos dias, Senor.
-Hello, Maria.

Shall l give your servant
a chair in the kitchen?

No, l think he prefers to stand.

He's been sitting
on and off all afternoon.

-Si, Senor.
-Come with me.

-What's that?
-They are arresting someone.

l'm sorry,
but you'll have to come with me.

lt's my brother!

Leave him alone.
Take your hands off him.

-l cannot. l am arresting him.
-Do as l say! Let him go!

Wait a minute. You must not
bully the acting Comandante.

-Don Diego, make them let him go.
-What is this about, Eusebio?

He would not pay his tax.
The Magistrado said to put him in jail.

Would not pay it? l could not pay it.

See? He could not pay it.
So he has to let him go.

Now look, Maria,
l can do nothing unless you quiet down.

-The sergeant is merely doing his duty.
-Oh, thank you, Don Diego.

-Now will you behave?
-Si, Don Diego.

-Very well. Take him away, Sergeant.
-Come with me, please.

You see, Maria, there have always been
taxes and people who cannot pay them.

-Si, but he's my brother.
-l know. l shall see what l can do.

Oh, gracias, Don Diego. Gracias.

This is the last one l put into my jail.

Until you let somebody out,
you can't put more in.

Do you wish me to tell the Magistrado
you refused to obey orders?

Oh, no, Senor, l do not refuse.

lt is just that l thought...
Well, the jail is so crowded.

lt sounds so good the way
l think it and so bad the way you say it.

Hmm...

-All these people cannot pay their tax?
-Si, Don Diego.

Never before
was there such a tax like this.

Eusebio, how much is your tax?

-65 pesos.
-65 pesos?

What do they want me to do?

Sell the few cattle l have and the house
l have built with my own hands

and go to work again for another man?

Shall l let my wife and children go
without food to pay this tax?

But Eusebio, if you needed money,

why did you not come
to my father or to me?

There comes a time when a man
must stand on his own feet...

...or he is not a man.

Sergeant Garcia, get that young man
out of here or l'll put him in a cell.

-He is inciting unrest.
-No, Senor, this is not a young...

l mean, this is Don Diego,
son of Don Alejandro de la Vega.

-Ah!
-One moment, Senor.

ls it your contention l caused
the unrest among the prisoners?

Si.

Like accusing the owl
of causing darkness

because he appears after sundown.

lf you have no more business here,
l suggest you leave at once.

But l do have business here.

l've come to pay the tax
for Eusebio Crespo. 65 pesos.

Oh, the devil take it.
l'd better pay for everyone.

lt is not as easy as that, de la Vega.

What is wrong?

You levy the tax to raise money,
l come with money to pay it.

-What more do you want than that?
-lt is too late.

The prisoners are being punished
for refusing to pay the king's tax.

lt is no punishment if wealthy
young men like you pay it for them.

Still, money is money and l have yet
to see a tax collector who can refuse it.

You see it now.

l am sorry, Don Diego. l was ready
to unlock the doors and let them all out.

Sergeant, who actually gave the order
to put those men in prison?

The Magistrado. The tax collector,
he just says, ''This man does not pay.''

-So the Magistrado will release them?
-Si.

-Why am l standing here talking to you?
-l don't know, Don Diego. Why?

-Twenty-one, 22.
-Then it is agreed?

-Twenty-two men.
-Si. And if there are more?

Then l will take them all
at the same price.

-May l have a word with you?
-You're upset. ls something wrong?

lt is about the men who are imprisoned.

Oh, yes. The men who refuse
to pay their lawful taxes.

Oh, this is Senor Vasquez from Sonora.

Your servant, sir.

Senor de la Vega,
one of our most respected citizens.

l spoke with the collector and offered
to pay the tax for every man in prison.

Oh, how very kind of you, Don Diego.
And yet what a pity.

Just five minutes too late.

What do you mean,
five minutes too late?

You understand,
the men who refuse to pay their taxes

represent a loss to the king.

lt is the duty of his servants
to recompense him in any way they can.

Just what are you trying to say?

Merely that Senor Vasquez
is a labor contractor.

The men in jail have been sold to him
as indentured peons.

Tomorrow they leave for the mines
at Sonora. This you cannot change.

-Senor...
-Wait a minute!

Suppose there are one or two
who are not such good workers.

-lf you could keep them for two years!
-l would be lucky if they live for one.

Even healthy ones don't last
too long in the mines.

All right. 50 pesos for Maraga
and Carrillo and 65 for the rest.

Very well.

What is that?

Sergeant Garcia! Sergeant Garcia!

-Si.
-Make them stop that infernal racket.

Of course, Senor.

Zorro the swift...

Listen to me. Listen to me.

This is very disturbing to our good,
kind tax collector,

so no more singing.

Zorro the swift
Zorro the brave

Zorro will ride, his amigos to save

What can l do?
l have asked them, but they do not stop.

His anger will blaze
like the brush fire

When Zorro is told...

l think l do not pay you now.
Suppose Zorro helps them to escape.

Then l have no money and no peons.

-When will you pay?
-Si. When?

Tomorrow, all of you will come with us
until we are through the pass.

lf Zorro has not interfered by then,
then l will pay you.

Those poor fellows
actually think Zorro will save them.

So l hear.

Do you want to hear something wicked?

Go ahead.

l hope he does, too.

Oh, not you, too?

But do you not realize that Zorro
fights only against evil and tyranny.

He cannot fight against the legal acts
of his own government.

Whether we like it or not,

it is legal to sell the labor
of men who are in prison

and send them to the mines.

Good night, Senor Tax Collector.

Tell me something, Bernardo.

Why did the viceroy appoint
a man like that as tax collector?

And why did he impose
such an unjust tax?

Wait a minute.
Can we be sure it is the viceroy?

That man is very close to our
treacherous friend, the Magistrado.

Suppose that he...

That's right, Bernardo.

This evil brood that uses
the eagle's feather as a sign.

Suppose he is one of them. Wait for me.

-Senor.
-l have nothing to say to you.

l'd like to discuss the de la Vega tax.

l do not see there is anything to discuss.

You mind looking up the tax
we paid a few months ago.

lt is completely irrelevant,
but l will look it up.

There you are.

Ah. Notice this item.

Our tax is about double
that of the Sotelos.

And here we are paying tax on the
same cattle you already taxed us on.

-You pay once, it is due again.
-But this is exorbitant.

Are you sure there's no mistake?

l don't know, de la Vega.
l could be wrong, perhaps.

l'm sure you're wrong.

My apologies, Senor.

l see now there is a mistake.
The tax is paid.

-And we owe nothing at all?
-Si.

l notice you're looking
at my eagle's feather.

An old lndian gave it to me,
told me to carry it for good luck.

Apparently, he was right.

Never before have l gained
a concession from a tax collector.

Good night, Senor.

You have your wish, Bernardo.
Zorro will ride tonight.

Hasn't that dirty dog
of a Zorro shown up?

Not a sign of him.

-This will serve him right.
-What will?

Nothing. Nothing in the world.

Just tell me one thing.

Why do sergeants always
have to act so peculiar?

l'm not acting peculiar.
This comes natural to me.

-You men, go to bed.
-Thank you.

-Not you, Corporal.
-l have to stand guard alone?

Si. Our jails, our barracks full of people.

l would not want somebody standing
guard who might fire at every shadow.

Well, that would be very dangerous.
Somebody could get hurt.

Exactly. Now, if you saw a dark shadow
flitting about the cuartel,

you would not shoot him, would you?

No, Sergeant. l would not fire a shot.

That is all l wanted to know.
Good night, Corporal.

-Sergeant, where are you going?
-Just for a walk.

-At this time of night?
-The night air might do me some good.

Look.

Zorro!

Lancers, turn out! Lancers, turn out!

Lancers, turn out!

Hold your fire!

Sergeant Garcia, what are you doing
in those ridiculous clothes?

How did you know it was me,
Excellency? l'm wearing a mask.

l said, what are you doing?

l was merely testing my defenses.

l said to myself,
the only way l can find out

if l am properly protected against Zorro
is to see what happens if Zorro appears.

So l volunteered to play the part
of Zorro and here l am, as you see.

-Sergeant, you are an idiot.
-Si.

From this moment on,
until the prisoners leave at dawn,

every man in this garrison
shall be on duty.

And as for you, Sergeant,
l shall recommend to the governor

that you be transferred
to a position of less responsibility

in the Mojave Desert!

Si, Excellency. Lancers, fall in!

What could l do?
A dozen Zorros would be helpless

after the commotion
our fat friend created.

What is the matter? l'm trying
to tell you there's nothing l can do.

Well, maybe there is something
l can do. Tomorrow.

With a little help.

l shall never believe in Zorro again.

Look. There they are.

Seven armed men.

The odds are too great even for Zorro.

This is it, my friend.
This is the day you shall help me.

Yes. As Zorro.

-What is this?
-We go no further.

The agreement was you would
go through the pass.

We go no further.
And we want our money.

-Count it if you do not trust me.
-l do not trust you.

You pay a small price for 20 men.

Zorro is worth twice as much,
dead or alive.

After him!

On your way.

There he is.

No!

Thank you, Senores.

Never has Zorro
had such capable allies.

Don't just sit there laughing.
Get us out of these things.

l gave you over 1 ,200 pesos.
How do l get my money back?

-Go find Zorro. He took it.
-l think l have a better way.

At 1 20 pesos per year,

l shall have to keep you for ten years...
lf you live that long.

Guards, get the prisoners on their feet.
We are moving on.

-You can't do this to us.
-This was not the agreement.

Get up, Senor Tax Collector.

Bernardo, that was great.
l could have never done it without you.

You know, at first l thought it was
just a plot against the military,

but now we know it is bigger than that.
lt is a plot against the people.

And this eagle feather...

Why does it spell death for one man
and lower taxes for another?

Someone has set up a deliberate
campaign to spread

misery and suffering.

And it is up to us
to find out who and why.